Such Sweet Thunder

'Luminous... a vibrant portrait of African-American life at the nation's crossroads' New York Times Book Review 'A rousing, inspired work, keenly observed and soulful... the novel sparkles with life, soaring with the loose flow of a jazzy improvisation' Boston Globe Amerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college educ...